[Ti] Your opinions about using/ not using DiskWarrior for Tiger (3.0.3)+ problems using Mail & PS CS2

Bob Fowles rbf at psu.edu
Thu Dec 14 04:25:49 PST 2006


The term apple.com uses is "spinning cursor" or "spinning disc 
cursor" and occurs when an app is waiting for some resource.

Bob

At 2:48 PM -0700 12/13/06, Ronald Woodland wrote:
>FYI, the rainbow wheel you refer to is technically known as the 
>"beach ball of death."
>
>
>On 12/13/06 11:24 AM, "Ettenberg Frank" <frank.ettenberg at chello.at> wrote:
>
>>Dear List,  I have noticed that Photoshop CS2 & the Mail program
>>occasionally have attacks of the mysteriously long-turning
>>rainbow wheel - when I just start using these programs on my 1.67 G4
>>aluminum PB.  I have 1.5 gig ram installed-so why should there be
>>this slowdown?  Would using Disk Warrior for Tiger help or not?  I
>>have a feeling that the problems with the above apps is a separate
>>issue.  In any event I'd appreciate your opinions on the validity of
>>using DW at all...& what I might do - if anything - to remedy these
>>chronic software problems.
>
>Excellent question. I'm going to use it tonight when I speak to the
>DiskWarrior Product Manager. I'll let you know what he says.
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